Advances in image reconstruction software in nuclear cardiology: Is all that glitters gold?

Claudio Marcassa; Orazio Zoccarato

doi:10.1007/s12350-016-0534-z

Advances in image reconstruction software in nuclear cardiology: Is all that glitters gold?

J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Feb;24(1):142-144. doi: 10.1007/s12350-016-0534-z. Epub 2016 May 24.

Authors

Claudio Marcassa¹, Orazio Zoccarato²

Affiliations

¹ Cardiology Department, Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, IRCCS, Scientific Institute of Veruno (NO), via Revislate 13, 28010, Veruno, NO, Italy. claudio.marcassa@fsm.it.
² Nuclear Medicine Department, Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, IRCCS, Scientific Institute of Veruno (NO), Veruno, NO, Italy.

PMID: 27220879
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-016-0534-z

Abstract

The cornerstone results of nuclear cardiology in the last 25 years were obtained with the Filtered Back Projection as the preferred reconstruction method for tomographic studies. Recently, evolution of the OSEM iterative reconstruction algorithms was implemented by different vendors. The value and limitations of the new methods are briefly addressed.

Keywords: Gated-SPECT; image reconstruction; iterative algorithms.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Algorithms*
Cardiac-Gated Single-Photon Emission Computer-Assisted Tomography / trends*
Cardiology / trends
Coronary Artery Disease / diagnostic imaging*
Forecasting
Humans
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods*
Myocardial Perfusion Imaging / trends*
Nuclear Medicine / trends
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Software*